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Madara Chennaiah

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Madara Chennaiah was a 12th-century Kannada vachana poet and saint who was a cobbler by profession. He is widely regarded as the first Dalit writer in India who lived in the reign of Western Chalukyas.

Further reading

  • Satyanarayana, K & Tharu, Susie (2011) No Alphabet in Sight: New Dalit Writing from South Asia, Dossier 1: Tamil and Malayalam, New Delhi: Penguin Books.
  • Satyanarayana, K & Tharu, Susie (2013) From those Stubs Steel Nibs are Sprouting: New Dalit Writing from South Asia, Dossier 2: Kannada and Telugu, New Delhi: HarperCollins India.


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